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FORT BELVOIR, Va. -- “Going green” is fast becoming a national phenomenon, and Defense Logistics Agency employees who provide their customers with environmentally sound products and services could be recognized for their efforts.
The Green Products and Services Award, established in 2004, recognizes DLA individuals or groups who help their external customers meet their environmental stewardship goals, DLA Installation Support Director Air Force Col. Tom Laffey said.
“DLA leverages its acquisition expertise every day to support [Department of Defense] installations and customers,” he said. “This award specifically recognizes DLA accomplishments that can help customers meet environmental requirements.”
Environmental requirements can include conserving material resources, using energy efficiently, managing hazardous materials safely, preventing pollution, or reducing risks to human health and the environment.
“The DLA 2010-2017 Strategic Plan states: ‘Reducing energy costs and meeting environmental requirements such as greenhouse gas reductions are critical issues for the [Defense] Department,’” Laffey said.
Product and service improvements can include use of products with recycled or bio-based content and energy or water efficiency, but award recipients are not limited to these categories, said environmental protection specialist Karen Moran, who works in DLA’s Environmental Management Office.
“This award has previously recognized many services created for DLA’s customers, including: contracts addressing specific waste streams, environmentally responsible process designs for hazardous materials in transportation, and communication tools that helped customers in green purchasing,” she said.
For those employees who still aren’t sure what “buying green” is all about, DoD’s short Green Procurement course is available at: https://learn.dau.mil/html/clc/Clc1.jsp?cl under Green Procurement, Moran said.
The Green Products and Services Award not only benefits DLA employees and installations, but the nation, Laffey said.
“Our agency is in a unique position to assist our customers in meeting their supply needs as well as their environmental obligations by providing them with good solutions for sound environmental logistics,” he said. “This helps DLA support DoD’s Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan, which aligns directly with national environmental goals.”
Another goal in awarding outstanding environmental achievements is perpetuating these efforts throughout the agency, Laffey said.
“We want this recognition to foster expansion and innovation by the DLA staff in helping customers achieve and maintain environmental compliance,” he said.
Employees interested in submitting nominations for the Green Products and Services Award must do so by March 1, using the online nomination form: http://www.dla.mil/j-6/survey/Survey.asp?SRV_ID=29.
Specific award criteria can be found at: http://www.dla.mil/dss/dss%2De/greenaward.htm.
DLA Director Navy Vice Adm. Alan Thompson’s call for nominations memo is available at: https://eworkplace.dla.mil/sites/org3/des/Shared%20Documents/DES-E/GPS%20Call%20for%20Nominations%20Director%204Feb11.pdf
| Date Taken: | 02.17.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 02.24.2011 13:04 |
| Story ID: | 66011 |
| Location: | FORT BELVOIR, VA, US |
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